The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-20
EXPERIENCE OF A DETECTIVE.
The Rabbit that Came to Visit Him
after DR. Bri1siy's Death
From the Neg York Sun.


From the Meg York Sun.
! am going to tell YOU Of queer expert
ence l once had while following my profess
sion of detective. Some viii smile and some
VIII sheer, but l shall have the consolation
of knowing that l am honest and truthful
| in what / say.
One night fifteen years ago, while on the
| street at a late hour, ! was accosted by a
| stranger who asked for money enough TO
| pay for a lodging Our instructions were
to arrest every beggar and vagrant, and 1t
was my duty 20 rul- this man IN.
! He made no protest, ard / had SC arcely
walked a block with him when found that
] my prisoner was a man of more than Or
| binary Intelligence That he was a little
| on IN his upper story was plain enough
| after few minutes conversation, but that
1 he was a gentleman and scholar was also
1 Just as plain. He was ragged and penniless,
4 and mis- hollow cheeks and glittering ewes
| proved the presence of disease in his system.
| Instead of taking him to the station l con-
| Quoted him TO a cheap lodging house and
restaurant, and had paid for meal and
bed for him, and was going away when he
laid a hand On my arm and whispered.
IF you can wal: until | have had a bite
to eat, can tell YOU great secret"
That caught me at once. l hoped for
some revelation regarding an old murder or
| robbery case, and could hardly retain my
impotence until he had finished his meal
| When came to see him with his hat off |
knew that he was a professional man
probably doctor. He had high forehead,
an intelligent face. and would have been
fine looking if he had been in health. He
was a victim of consumption, and it would
have been safe to wager that he would not
| live week When he had finished the
| meal he seemed imbued with new life Ii
was warm summer night, and at his re-
quest we entered a public park and sat
down on one OF the benches
ITO begin with, he said, as we got seat
ed, my name is Richard Brinsly, and |
have been physician and surgeon for the
last thirty years. | have been out of prac-
tice for the last five years. and, as to that,
have also been out of home and money and
friends. l spent my time digesting medi-
cal science and trying experiments, when |
should have been attending on my patients,
and as a consequence people soon got to
know me for crank, and | was driven out
Of practice. l am now speaking of four or
five years ago. Before | began to dabble
in theory or experiment held up my head
with the best of them, and never knew a
want"
had frequently heard of the man. At
one time he stood among the highest in the
medical profession in st. Louis He had
|
and other theories, and his vagarat life and
exposure bad induced the disease which was
soon to end his days. The great secret
he was TO unfold was not connected with a
crime, as had hoped for, but nevertheless.
| found myself feeling anxious to hear what
he had to tell. We got settled down again,
and he continued:
1.-The first idea of TRANSPORTATION was
| very repugnant to me. We have all been
| led to believe that when man dies the soul
ascends TO heaven to live on, and with our
own eyes we see the body laid away in the
| ground. That the soul of one dying should
take possession of bird, beast or reptile in
stead of returning to its Creator is against
sentiment and reason, but still some of our
wisest and best men so believe. As said
the theory was repugnant to me- | argued
hercely IN opposition to it, and at one time
felt that nothing on earth could bring me
over to adopt it. You see, among my best
friends We're number of believers, and one
| night | was called to the bedside of one of
them, who had been MORALLY wounded by
the accidental discharge of a revolver. 1t
was plain from the first that nothing could
be done for him. He suffered but little
PAIN and was i'll his senses to the very last.
He knew that he had got to go, and in his
very dying hour ne said to me:
- Richard, ] believe more firmly than
ever in the theory of transmigration.
Il
beast after death | do not know, but if it is
within the bounds of possibility l will APP
proach you in whatever form it is, and you
shall know me. Remember, Richard, you
shall know me-
He spoke with such earnestness, and I'M
der such circumstances, that | was deeply
affected, and for the first time began to
believe there might be something in the
theory. He died within half an hour of my
leaving the house, and he had been dead
two hours when returned to my office /
was living then in Chicago, near the corner
of State and Sixteenth streets There
were only wife and self, and office
and living rooms were up stairs. 1t was
dreary, rainy night and after my wife had
gone to bed sat gazing into the fire in the
open CRATE and wondering over the case. 1t
| must have been near midnight when | rose
up to retire to the bed room. and as got on
my feet | heard a tapping at the window
You'll think Poes Raven sir, and so did
|, but nevertheless, there was a tapping,
tapping at the window. 1t was at a win
dow facing State street. and when | lifted
the curtain and looked out | discovered
black object ON the window SILL Icautious-
ly raised the sash, and 10 q partridge fiut-
tered into the room. The bird was damp
and wet, and it fluttered over to the fire
and dried its feathers while it steadfastlv
regarded me. I own no to you, sir, that 1
4
the spirit of my friend had come back to
me-
at may have been three minutes from
the time the bird entered the room before it
spread its wings aud al,ghted on my Shout
der. Then it put its bill against nv face
and csreSSed me in dozen ways. and when
| asked If it was the spirit of my dead
fried it uttered notes of delight. ] stro'sed
its feathers and talked soothiDgly, but after
ten minutes il flew to the window and
plainly iutimated its desire to depart |
opened the sash, and with u last cares it
flew away into the storm and the darkness"
And is that your great secret" asked,
as the man ceased speaking and leaned back
THAT is It, and what do you think of it,
he asked in turn.
''All nonsense Better let whisky alone"
''My friend. h. said after long pause
Il saw what ! have told you, and be
lieve in the theory thus Illustrated No
argument that man could advance would
change my opinion.
hove you'll feel better tomorrow l
said US / rose 10 20.
Hold on: You shall not go vet" he ex-
claimed as he forced me to sit down. Lis
ten well 60 what J say. | am diving. 7
know L. The end is nearer than Won think
within twenty -four hours | shall be corpse
Dare you defy me to Illustrate my theory"
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